(19)Plant Consolidation

On March 18, 2015, the Company committed to move forward with a plan to cease operations at its Raritan, New Jersey, plant and consolidate operations into its Newburyport, Massachusetts, facility and other UFP facilities. The Company’s decision was in response to a continued decline in business at the Raritan facility and the recent purchase of the 137,000-square-foot facility in Newburyport. The activities related to this consolidation were substantially complete at December 31, 2015.

The Company also relocated all operations in its Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Byfield, Massachusetts facilities and plans to relocate certain operations in its Georgetown, Massachusetts facility to Newburyport. The Haverhill and Byfield relocations were complete at December 31, 2015 and the Georgetown relocation is expected to be complete by June 30, 2016.

The Company expects to incur approximately $2.1 million in one-time expenses in connection with the Massachusetts consolidations. Included in this amount are approximately $180,000 relating to employee severance payments and relocation costs, approximately $1.5 million in moving expenses and expenses associated with vacating the Raritan, Haverhill and Byfield properties, and approximately $360,000 in lease termination costs. Total cash charges are estimated at $2.0 million. The Company expects annual cost savings of approximately $1.0 million as a result of these consolidations. The actual costs incurred through December 31, 2015 are included in the table below.

On July 16, 2014, the Company committed to move forward with a plan to cease operations at its Costa Mesa, California, plant and consolidate operations into its Rancho Dominguez, California, facility and other UFP facilities. The Company’s decision was in response to the December 31, 2014, expiration of the lease on the Costa Mesa facility as well as the close proximity of the two properties. The California consolidation is complete and the actual costs incurred are included in the table below.

On January 7, 2014, the Company committed to move forward with a plan to cease operations at its Glendale Heights, Illinois plant and consolidate operations into its Grand Rapids, Michigan, facility. The Company’s decision was in response to a pending significant increase in lease cost, declining sales at the Illinois facility, and significant anticipated savings as a result of the consolidation. The consolidation into the Michigan facility is complete and the actual costs incurred are included in the table below.

The Company has recorded the following restructuring costs associated with the consolidations discussed above for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	2015						2014
Restructuring Costs	Massachusetts		California		Total		Michigan		California		Total

Employee severance	$	178	$	18	$	196	$	237	$	10	$	247
Relocation	1,138		66		1,204		356		501		857
Lease termination	356		—		356		—		—		—
Workforce training	—		—		—		373		—		373
Plant infrastructure	—		—		—		79		—		79


Total restructuring costs	$	1,672	$	84	$	1,756	$	1,045	$	511	$	1,556

The 2015 costs were reclassified in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Restructuring Costs” as follows: $1,669,000 from Cost of Sales, $36,000 from Selling, General and Administrative expenses and $51,000 from Gain on sales of property, plant and equipment. The 2014 costs were reclassified in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Restructuring Costs” as follows: $1,385,000 from Cost of Sales, $82,000 from Selling, General and Administrative expenses and $89,000 from Gain on sales of property, plant and equipment.